That's a great price on the American Eagle, just over the pre-panic price in fact.

As for the Federal Match (711B I think) I would warn you that it doesn't shoot much better than your average bulk ammo. I bought a case from CMP a while back and it was a disappointment. Shot out of some very accurate rifles (CZ, Kimber, Savage) with the best 5 shot group @ 50 yards being just under an inch. I can do that with the American Eagle 38gr ammo.

Yeah, the "target" grade Federal is OK. I wouldn't buy it at that price by itself. With the cheaper Federal and the sunk cost of shipping that... if I was low on .22 I'd jump on getting 1K rounds at a decent price. As it is I was lucky enough to get a couple of cases of Aguila from the CMP recently so I passed.

Yeah, the "target" grade Federal is OK. I wouldn't buy it at that price by itself. With the cheaper Federal and the sunk cost of shipping that... if I was low on .22 I'd jump on getting 1K rounds at a decent price. As it is I was lucky enough to get a couple of cases of Aguila from the CMP recently so I passed.

When did you order your Aguila from CMP? I placed an order this past March and still waiting. Ordered the Standard Velocity version.

February, and it was the Golden Eagle. They've been getting some of both kinds in here and there - last batch of standard velocity arrived mid-April I think. They aren't expecting bulk shipments until October, this was just kind of a nice bonus.

That is over the line. I am okay paying $50 a brick for quality .22 lr ammo, but more than that is just vendors pushing it.

$50 per brick is a good price because it discourages scammers from buying to resell, so the ammo sells to real shooters.

Honestly, I wish people would NOT think that $50/500 is a good price and just let it sit on the shelves until retailers realize that we want our $20/500 ammo back. But as long as people buy it, the retailers are going to keep the price high (which is fair). But at $50/500, that means flippers will keep snapping up the $30/500 deals and reselling for $40.

I think we all have our own pricepoints depending on how long we're willing to wait for a good deal. I would think that there aren't a huge number of speculators at this point - it's hard to justify a lot of trips to meet people or gunbroker commissions at current margins. I was happy to unload some odds and ends during the panic but I don't even follow gunbroker prices anymore.

The thing is some folks want to shoot and even though prices are out of whack sometimes there are few choices. I hate the gouging that's going on, although it seems to be tailing off, if you just gotta have the ammo then there's not a lot of choices right now. I was prepared for this but some were not and I feel for those who have to pay these outlandish prices. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Hopefully this shortage and gouging will end soon and we can all go back to a more normal ammo supply and price.

I really feel for the guys who are just starting. It's all well and good to say people should have stocked up but I've run into a couple of people who just bought their first .22 and they're hurting. Or they just started competing and their one year supply became a one month supply. Or I sold a case of .22 to a guy who was running some kind of boy scout event and he wanted to lock in the supply while it was still possible to get a whole case at once. He was smart to do it too - this was early on and the price went up another 50% at least before peak.

The thing is some folks want to shoot and even though prices are out of whack sometimes there are few choices. I hate the gouging that's going on, although it seems to be tailing off, if you just gotta have the ammo then there's not a lot of choices right now. I was prepared for this but some were not and I feel for those who have to pay these outlandish prices. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Hopefully this shortage and gouging will end soon and we can all go back to a more normal ammo supply and price.

Whatever ammo you can get and a good price is better than what the gougers are charging. The choices aren't great so take what you can.

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Originally Posted by Eljay

I really feel for the guys who are just starting. It's all well and good to say people should have stocked up but I've run into a couple of people who just bought their first .22 and they're hurting. Or they just started competing and their one year supply became a one month supply. Or I sold a case of .22 to a guy who was running some kind of boy scout event and he wanted to lock in the supply while it was still possible to get a whole case at once. He was smart to do it too - this was early on and the price went up another 50% at least before peak.

Unfortunately I got in right in the middle of this mess so whatever I find, I buy. So far, the online deals are better than what the LGS charges and its in stock.

Honestly, I wish people would NOT think that $50/500 is a good price and just let it sit on the shelves until retailers realize that we want our $20/500 ammo back. But as long as people buy it, the retailers are going to keep the price high (which is fair). But at $50/500, that means flippers will keep snapping up the $30/500 deals and reselling for $40.

But hey, that's capitalism for you. You want it? Pay for it.

I am all for $20 bricks of .22 lr coming back, don't get me wrong. The fact is I want to shoot, and if it means I either pay $50 or don't shoot, I'll pay $50.

I picked up a few more boxes of the "Colt" Russian sourced 168 grain .308. They had it for $10 a box, but now it is $11 (I have my ammo can full, now I need a few to shoot). You can't search for these so check out the Shooting and Security Sale from the main page.